IMPACT ANALYSIS OF QUALITY PADDY SEED ON PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN BIHAR STATE
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2016-10-10
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
Rice is India’s prominent crop and staple food for the native population of eastern and
southern part of the country.The good seed in a good field produces abundantly.The
present study is an initiative to analyse the impact of quality seed on productivity in
Bihar. The objectives of the study was to analyze the supply chain of quality paddy
seed in public and private sector, examine the factors responsible for increase in
paddy productivity and analyze the socio-economic impact of increased paddy
productivity on farmers. The data was collected from 120 farmers of Samastipur and
Muzzafarpur districts of Bihar state. The major findings of the study are the supply
chain of paddy was more integrated in private sector than in public sector. The flow of
seeds in chain was continuous in public sector where as in the case of private sector it
was broken. Quality seed followed by seed replacement rate are two major factors
influenced paddy productivity. Little more than half of the paddy growers replace the
seeds once in three years. The socio-economic impact of growers’ sown hybrid seeds
were found better than high yielding variety growers. The annual income of hybrid
paddy growers was higher than farmers growing high yielding varieties with
difference in the mean score of 0.85.There is a need to make the availability of quality
seeds and strengthen the supply chain.
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